Basket



Oct. 23, 1934. w. E. MORGAN BASKET Filed Sept. 28, 1933 Patented Oct. 23, 1934 1,878,3{34 BASKET Walter E. Morgan, Dayton, Tenn., assignor to Dayton Veneer & Lumber Mills, Dayton, Tenn., a corporation of Tennessee Application September 28, 1933, Serial No. 691,381

5 Claims.

This invention relates to stave baskets, particularly to baskets of what is known as the continuous stave type, and has reference especially to means for reinforcing the bottoms of such 1 l5; baskets.

The invention is in the nature of a modification of basket bottom reinforcing structures such as are disclosed in the patent of Oliver M. James, No. 1,894,236, dated Jan, 10, 1933, and in my copendwring application Serial No. 647,024, filed Dec. 13, 1932, patented Nov. 7, 1933, No. 1,934,625 and in the copending application of Theophilus L. James, Serial No. 647,031, filed Dec. 13, 1932, patented Oct. 31, 1933, No. 1,933,525.

2,55 The principal object of the invention is to pro vide, in a stave basket, particularly a basket of the continuous stave type formed of a mat or web of similar stave members, simple means for reinforcing the basket bottom so that great strength and rigidity may be imparted to same.

A further object of the invention is to provide for reinforcing the basket bottom in such a manner that the stave members forming the basket mat or web may be handled, during the formation if of such mat or web, in the customary manner.

be employed in the formation of stave baskets, such stave member preferably beingv of the type extending throughout the bottom and sides of the at! basket. This stave member has applied or affixed to that portion of it which extends across the basket bottom, a reinforcing element which, in the finished basket, will lie in, and preferably be concealed by, the bottom of the basket. And the in- 1 vention contemplates further a basket, preferably of the continuous stave type, made from a mat or web composed of a plurality of similar stave members and shaped to form the bottom and sides of the basket, certain of said stave members having 4 reinforcing elements amxed to their basket bottom forming portions, all as will be explained hereinafter more fully and finally claimed.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating the invention, in the several figures of which like wparts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a stave member provided with a reinforcing element as contemplated by the invention. Fig. 2 shows a mat or web of stave members, certain of which are provided with reinforcag ing elements and are of the type illustrated in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a reinforced stave member, such as shown in Fig. 1, formed to basket shape, the location of the basket hoops being indicated in broken lines.

55 i As illustrated particularly in Fig. 2, the mat or web from which the basket is formed comprises a plurality, usually twenty, of stave members arranged in radiated superposed relation and of such length and width that when they are appropriately shaped, by machines of known type, they 0" will extend throughout the bottom and sides of the basket and will produce a basket of the con, tinuous stave type having a completely closed bottom and sides.

Incorporated in this mat or web are oneor more 5.! stave members a to which are rigidly applied or affixed, preferably by one or more staples b, usually two, or other appropriate fastening means, reinforcing elements 0 preferably taking the form of short sections of material like that of which 70. 1 the staves themselves are formed.

These reinforcing elements 0 are, as illustrated, preferably of such length as to completely span the basket bottom and, in the finished basket, bear against the bottom hoop d, hereinafter referred to, to thus produce, in the usual arched formation of basket bottoms of this character, substantially rigid struts which serve to strengthen the basket bottom and prevent outward bulging thereof under the load of the packed goods.

Although the reinforcing elements 0 referred to are preferably of such length as to span the basket bottom, as stated, they may be of less length, or they may be of such length as to extend into the basket sides.

The stave members a which carry the reinforcing elements are preferably so positioned in the mat or web during the laying of same that, in the finished basket, the reinforcing elements will be so positioned in the basket bottom as not to appear either from the inside or the outside thereof, thus in no way detracting from the appearance of the basket.

After the mat or web of stave members is shaped to basket form, as hereinbefore intimated, the 903 top, intermediate, and bottom hoops, e, f and d, respectively, are applied or afiixed in position by means of staples or other appropriate fastening means in the usual manner.

In laying basket mats or webs in accordance 101);- with the invention, the workman is provided with a plurality of staves of the type indicated at g in Fig. 2 and to which no reinforcing elements are applied, and is also provided with a supply of stave member a of the type illustrated in Fig. 105: 1 and which have the reinforcing elements 0 applied to them. These stave members g and a are laid, usually in a templet, in fan-like or radiated superposed relation, and as many reinforced stave members a are incorporated in the mat or web as no,

is deemed requisite to produce a basket bottom of the desired strength.

Inasmuch as the reinforced stave members a have the reinforcing elements c rigidly applied or affixed thereto, they may be handled as easily as the other, non-reinforced stave members g, and hence the workman may lay the basket mat or web, using the reinforced stave members, with substantially as great speed and facility as is possible Where all of the stave members are of the same kind, it being desirable, only, that care .:be taken to so incorporate the reinforced stave members a in the mat or web that the reinforcing elements 0 will be concealed within the bottom of the finished basket.

As will be obvious from an inspection of the patent of Oliver M. James, hereinbefore referred to, and of the two copending applications mentioned, now Patents Nos. 1,933,525 and 1,934,625 the reinforcement of the bottom of a basket, particularly a basket of the continuous stave type, by means of reinforcing elements incorporated in the basket mat or web, is not broadly new. However, the reinforcement of the bottom of a basket, particularly a basket of the continuous stave type, by application to certain of the stave members thereof of reinforcing elements which are affixed to such stave members prior to their incorporation in the basket web and which, in the finished basket, lie in the basket bottom, is believed to be new.

Various changes and modifications are considered to be within the spirit of the invention and the scope of the following claims.

What I claim is-:

1. A stave member for baskets of the type formed of a web of continuous stave members, said stave member having secured thereto prior to its incorporation in the basket web a reinforcing element comprising a separate member shorter than the said stave members and adapted to lie in the bottom of the finished basket.

2. In a basket of the type formed of a Web of continuous stave members, a stave member having a reinforcing element secured to it prior to its incorporation in the basket web, said reinforcing element comprising a separate member shorter than the stave member and applied to the basket bottom forming portion of the stave member.

3. In a stave basket of the type formed of a web of continuous stave members, a stave member extending throughout the bottom and sides of the basket, and a reinforcing element comprising a separate member shorter than the said stave member and secured prior to formation of the basket web to the portion of said stave member which extends across the basket bottom.

4. In a basket of the continuous stave type, a plurality of stave members providing a Web shaped to form the bottom and sides of the basket, certain of said stave members provided prior to their, incorporation in the said Web with reinforcing elements secured thereto, said reinforcing elements comprising separate members shorter than the stave members and lying in the basket bottom.

5. In a basket of the continuous stave type, a plurality of stave members providing a Web shaped to form the bottom and sides of the basket, certain of said stave members having affixed thereto prior to their incorporation in said web reinforcing elements lying in the basket bottom, said reinforcing elements comprising separate members shorter than the said stave members, the stave members to which such reinforcing elements are aflixed being arranged in said web in such a manner that the reinforcing elements are concealed within the basket bottom.

WALTER E. MORGAN. 

